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Barrow - unclassified

Tomdeely North, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - unclassified, Tomdeely North, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tomdeely North
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.61290, -8.99581
SMR number
LI010-124----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying, gently undulating pasture, overlooking the River Deel c. 0.9km to E and the Shannon Estuary to N. A second similar feature (LI010-124----) lies approx. 90m to N. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified as Site 1 in 1999 as a possible enclosure by Celie O’Rahilly when walking the route of a proposed ESB power line. Described as an oval-shaped mound (L 16m E-W) defined by a low bank from NW-N-E-S-SW. This incorporates some rock outcrop and stones, some of which may be attributed to field clearance. A field boundary is close to S and a gallops track lies c. 10m to E. The description of a mound enclosed by a bank could suggest a possible barrow or a possible burial mound/cairn. Monument is visible as an irregular oval-shaped stony area on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 08/04/2015.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage and field map by O'Rahilly

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 6 July 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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